Siliguri Nursing Home Fleece Hill People
“I am writing today, to highlight the issue of how lack of proper medical facilities and trained doctors in the hills is causing hill residents…
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Singtam T.E Residents Deprived of Roads
These days rumors are rife in some sections of Darjeeling that the administration is allegedly working towards ensuring “development” of the Gorkhaland Territorial Administration region,…
Bhai Tika – The Practical Aspects of the Rituals We Follow
As a child I was always fascinated by how every family had their own stylized way of putting Dasain ko Tika and yet when it…
Pulbazar Shines in Soccer
I have come across many youths who have talents but will be frustrated and demotivated saying that their talents don’t have a good opportunity and…
Why I Support Abhijit Iyer-Mitra, And Why You Should, Too
The exercise of free speech in India is never without consequences. Writer, blogger, and defence analyst Abhijit Iyer-Mitra is the latest victim of British-era colonial…
गंगाको सपुत: शहीद प्रोफेसर जी॰ डी॰ अग्रवाल
सन् २०१४-को लोकसभा चुनाव अवधि त्यसताकको प्रधानमन्त्री उम्मेदवार र वर्तमान प्रधानमन्त्री नरेन्द्र मोदीले वाराणसीमा चुनाव प्रचार अवधि भनेका थिए: “ना तो मुझे किसि ने भेजा…
Gorkha Dream in Limbo: From Ghising to Modi – What Next?
“यो दार्जीलिंग पहाड़, सबैको आँखाबाट ओझेल भएको पहाड़; सबैले हेला गरेको पहाड़; दिल्लीले हेला गरेको पहाड़! हुन त देवी-देउताले बास गरेको हो यो पहाड़मा ,…
The Politics of Census and Schedules
A few days ago, after returning from New Delhi, the incumbent chairman of GTA, Mr Binoy Tamang raised the bogey of Fifth Schedule of the…
Na Ka Matlab Na Hota Hai
I woke up to the news of Kangana Ranaut alleging that the ‘Queen’ movie Director would bury his face in her neck, hold her really…
BEWARE: Kathmandu Swindlers Using “Darjeeling” As Their Bait
One of our readers working as a teacher in Kathmandu sent to us a story about a group of fraudsters, who are going from school…